Index Act of Union (Britain), 16, 20 Africa, 17, 22, 52, 81–87, 219–21, 317; Africans, 12, 18, 60, 77, 79, 82, 213; West Africa, 12, 18, 76, 77–85, 98, 317. See also Cape Coast; Gold Coast African Americans, 5, 7, 30, 49, 53–58, 82, 206–12; free, 51; mixed race, 54, 193. See also slavery agency, concept of, 7, 110, 117, 119, 207, 241, 244, 248 agriculture, 2, 19, 35, 39, 40, 51, 59, 65, 78, 80, 127, 138–39, 147, 149–50, 169, 175–76, 183, 201–3. See also farmers Albany, New York, 95, 120, 153, 176, 178, 189–90 alcohol, 58, 76, 78, 82–83, 157, 162, 166; rum, 20, 53–58, 65, 79, 86, 95 Algonquians, 36–39, 45 almshouses, 23, 185, 205, 206; managers, 205. See also Overseers of the Poor; poor relief American Philosophical Society, 141 American Revolution, 14, 16, 23–24, 54, 57, 61, 88, 93, 97–98, 116, 123–28, 132, 135–40, 144, 147, 150, 152, 159, 169, 171–74, 178–79, 182–83, 189–91, 194, 203–8, 211, 216, 315–17; Revolutionary War, 54, 57, 186, 193, 195; War for Independence, 16, 22, 177, 191. See also wars Apess, William, 47–48, 60 Applegate, Debby, 121 apprentices, 15, 23–26, 31–33, 138, 144, 160, 170–72, 184, 192, 199–211. See also artisans; journeymen; masters; mechanics artisans, 3, 11, 22–32, 54, 82, 87, 93, 95, 124, 127, 138–52, 159–60, 166, 171–73, 185, 193–94, 200, 206–8. See also apprentices; journeymen ; masters; mechanics Atlantic: economy, 13, 14, 52–53, 78, 80, 103, 108, 110, 138; World, 1, 9, 12–23, 26–35, 50–53, 58–62, 66–92, 99–104, 111, 114, 118, 126–33, 141–42, 190, 197, 218, 224–36, 315, 317 Bailey, John, 192 Bailyn, Bernard, 75 Baker, Thomas, 156 Baltimore, Maryland, 126, 145, 149–51, 158, 316 Bank of England, 125, 129, 132–33 Bank of North America, 126–34 Bank of Pennsylvania, 130–31, 135 banks, 121, 125–36, 150–51, 221 beggars, 23 Benjamin, Walter, 15, 213–16, 225, 228, 233, 318 Bingham, William, 127–30, 133–34 Binns, John, 157, 167 births, 61, 159 blacksmiths, 104, 145, 149, 205 Blake, William, 229–32 Blumin, Stuart, 111, 121–22 bodies, 36, 42, 60, 91, 115, 120, 161, 164, 187, 196 books, 104, 317 Boston, Massachusetts, 57, 88, 97, 125, 132, 141–53, 162, 185–86, 190–95, 199–208, 212, 315–17 Bourdieu, Pierre, 10–11, 32 Bragdon, Kathleen, 38 Branson, Susan, 14, 101, 123, 156, 315 Brant, Joseph, 45–47 Brant, Molly, 46 Braudel, Fernand, 30 bread, 29, 95, 163. See also food Britain, 2–4, 8, 16–27, 36, 43, 49–64, 69–78, 85–89, 95–104, 111, 115–33, 136, 141–43, 159, 179, 191, 211–13, 224–30, 316, 318; British, 8, 17–19, 24, 30–32, 45–49, 53, 63, 72, 75–78, 82, 84, 87, 110–11, 116, 124–36, 140–43, 152, 176, 178, 182, 187, 190–91, 207, 227, 317; British Empire, 24, 75; England, 4, 20, 35, 42, 50–51, 59–61, 68, 70–72, 80, 84, 92, 97, 102–8, 115, 118, 125, 129, 132, 169, 187–89, 210, 222, 226–27, 316. See also Scotland burghers, 94–95 burglary, 158, 161, 185, 188–89, 192 burials, 187 Burnard, Trevor, 63 Bushman, Richard, 111 business, 14, 21–22, 36, 52, 74, 83, 102–11, 113–36, 143, 148, 150, 154, 157, 160, 163–64, 167, 203; businessmen, 115, 121, 129, 144–48, 160, 172; friendships, 111, 115, 120; partners, 110. See also merchants Caboceer, Cudjoe, 76–77 Cahokia, 40, 44 Callinicos, Alex, 216 Canada, 183 canoemen, 18, 78–82, 86 Cape Coast, Africa, 12, 76–87, 316; Cape Coast Castle, 76, 81, 86 Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 58 capital punishment, 14, 170, 186–97, 315 capitalism, 1, 8, 31, 45, 49–50, 56, 60–61, 100–101, 158, 169, 171–73, 183–84; capitalists, 144, 147–55 Caribbean, 12, 16–22, 25, 57, 60, 63–65, 71–75, 95, 133, 176, 318; Barbados, 64, 73; Jamaica, 63, 175; Leeward Islands, 66–70, 73; Martinique , 20, 64, 71; Saint Domingue, 71, 195; Saint Kitts, 12, 62–75, 98 carpenters, 82–86 Carson, Ann Baker, 14, 156–67, 315 Carson, John, 157, 159 carters, 91, 95–96 charity, 204, 210; private, 194. See also almshouses; poor relief Charleston, South Carolina, 14, 109–11, 115–21, 162...